UNITED STATES COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIES 



SPE3NCE3K in. 13AIED, COMMISSIONER 



THE FISHERIES 



FISHERY INDUSTRIES 



OF THE 



UNITED STATES 



PREPARED THROUGH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES 

 AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE TENTH CENSUS 



BY 



GEORGE BROWN GOODE 



ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE IT. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 



AND A STAFF OF ASSOCIATES 



SECTION I 



NATURAL HISTORY OF USEFUL AQUATIC ANIMALS 



WITH AN ATLAS OF TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN PLATES 



TEXT 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT FEINTING OFFICE 

 1884 



